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The impasse and lack of detention options, critics say, have led to a de facto policy under which the administration finds it easier to kill terrorism suspects, a key reason for the surge of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Renditions, though controversial and complex, represent one of the few alternatives.

“In a way, rendition has become even more important than before,” said Clara Gutteridge, director of the London-based Equal Justice Forum, a human rights group that investigates national security cases and that opposes the practice…

In December 2011, a federal court hearing for another al-
Shabab suspect, an Eritrean citizen named Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, revealed that he had been questioned in a Ni­ger­ian jail by what a U.S. interrogator described as a “dirty” team of American agents who ignored the suspect’s right to remain silent or have a lawyer, according to court proceedings.

Later, the Eritrean was interviewed by a “clean” team of U.S. agents who were careful to notify him of his Miranda rights and obtain confessions for trial. Once that task was completed, he was transported to U.S. federal court in Manhattan to face terrorism charges. His American attorneys sought to toss out his statements on the grounds that they were illegally coerced, but the defendant pleaded guilty before a judge could rule on that question.

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Getting incredibly hard to pick which of the total flip flops of faux liberal moral outrage is the most damning…..

Their support for War without Congressional approval against an oil rich country that did not attack us and posed no imminent threat….
…or
…….their support for warrant-less wiretapping….executive privilege….drone strikes that kill “insurgents” and civilians without any due process…..bombing other countries around the world at will…..black op prisons……

……or their support and defending of the Bush Tax Cuts…..Taxpayer money going to special interest……support of lobbyist and them stuffing their money into their liberal heroes pockets up on the Hill….

When will code pink/move on democrats renounce the Chickenhawk,warmonger Obama and his imperialistic actions around the world that lead to the torture of innocents and the destruction of our Constitution!!!!!!!
….Come on liberals…take to the streets!!!!
………No Blood for Oil!!!!!
……………No more Torture!!!!!
……………….Stop the Nazi Warmonger Obama!!!

It’s never a problem when dems are in power. The left only cares if an “issue” helps them with the cause. It is the cause above all else. If being against abortion would help with the cause they would be marching on clinics and demanding the overturn of RvW. They have no morals and the end always justifies the means.